Formation of Ulan Buh desert and its environmental changes during the Holocene

Frontiers of Earth Science in China

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 327-332

  Chun, Xi ^a   Chen, Fahu ^b   Fan, Yuxin ^b   Xia, Dunsheng ^c   Zhao, Hui ^c  

^a INNER MONGOLIA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Aeolian deposition; Environmental evolution; Palaeolake evolution; Ulan Buh desert

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SHORELINE CHANGE;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; ULAN BUH DESERT;

EID: 48349117131     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-008-0039-4     Document Type: Article

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